#Sim Database Features

[morrigan-sims]

OH HELL YEAH!!!!!! I was HOPING I would get tagged in this!!! This is my favorite picrew of all-time and it's the first place I make all of my dnd OCs, hahaha. (And then after that I make them in the sims.)

Okay, sorry for the MASSIVE spam (and this isn't even CLOSE to all the OCs I've made in this picrew, hahaha), but here we have: Me, Fallon, Avra, Carrion, Cyra, Morana, Odynia, Rook, Aspen, and Havoc.

(A lot of these are months if not YEARS old, so they were made before the picrew got a HUGE update with a ton of new stuff, including new ears, tails, wings, horns, and skin markings.)

edit: I forgot to tag anyone. Oops. I'm going to tag @lilypixels @starlightpixels @ethelgodehel @void-critters @wildfairies @goldenwaves and YOU!!! (I genuinely mean this. If you have fantasy/dnd OCs, PLEASE make them in this and tag me. I would LOVE to see them. PLEASE.)

blorbo chain! picrew here

tagging @occultradio @gloomiegalaxie @hymless @edmunderson @strangegrapefruit but no pressure if you don't want to

[sarahelizasims]

Landscape Oil Paintings Collection - Part 1

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year! To kick off the year, I’m excited to share my first collection of stunning landscape oil paintings, inspired by the highly sought-after styles of the 19th century. During that time, landscape painting flourished, becoming the dominant genre and a celebrated pinnacle in art history—a legacy that continues to captivate us today.

💟A heartfelt thank you to @sims4luxury for graciously allowing me to recolor her stunning wall art. Your kindness, support, and help throughout this process have meant so much to me!

This is a recolor of Sims4Luxury's British Collection - Artwall #1: You must download @sims4luxury's mesh in order to see my recolor in your game! This is included in the ZIP file, so don't worry!

This is optional, but if you haven't done so already, please download the entire British Collection! It is truly a very beautiful set.

📌Collection Features:

This collection consists of 19 swatches of beautiful paintings

Custom thumbnails

In build mode, use keys '9' and '0' to increase/decease the paintings to desired size!

📌Credits:

All the original paintings were made available for public use under the public domain, in accordance with the open access policy.

Images sourced from the open-access databases of the National Gallery of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.

CC creators used within my screenshots: @pinkbox-anye @casadutti @ts4novvvas @mxims @syboubou @cowbuild @kerriganhouse @aggressivekitty @sundays-sims @baumgarten-sims @mincts4 @ddaeng-sims

If I am forgetting anyone, I am so sorry! Please message me and I will add you to the list.🤍

⚠️Term of Use:

Do NOT re-upload and edit my textures or meshes and claim my creations as your own.

Do NOT put my CC behind paywalls.

You MAY include my CC in Sims 4 lot builds, but you must credit me and link directly to the object's post.

You MAY recolor my CC with permission first. Do not include my mesh in your .package file and do not change my original file! Make sure to also provide links to my original post.

📥DOWNLOAD (Available for FREE members on Patreon)

I'm still learning, so if you download, please let me know if you encounter any issues.

[if-whats-new]

What's New In IF? Issue 31 (2024)

By Aj, Dion, Briar, Jen and Peter

Now Available!

Itch.io - Keep Reading below

If you read the zine, consider liking the post: it helps us see how many people see it! And sharing is caring! <3

~ EDITORIAL ~

Apologies for the delayed Issue!

As you might know, we unfortunately had to delay this Issue due to some personal matters. But as promised, it’s finally here! We wouldn’t want you to miss out on any news.

As this Issue says on the front page, it contains news from November 23rd to November 29th.

But! The Events should be updated to match their status on December 4th, as they are more time-sensitive.

Issue 32 should be released on time. That means two Issues this week!

We want some feedback!

As we’re starting to get a hand of things, we would love some feedback from you guys! What you enjoy, want more or less off, how we could improve... Anything goes! We even have a nifty form.

We hope you enjoy this new issue!

AJ, DION, BRIAR, JEN AND PETER

~ BE A PART OF THE ZINE ~

THIS ZINE ONLY HAPPENS WITH YOU!

Want to write 1-2 pages about a neat topic, or deep-dive into a game and review it in details? Share personal experiences or get all academic?

WRITE FOR THE COLUMN!

Prefer to be more low-key but still have something to share? Send us a Zine Letter or share a game title for Highlight on…!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Came across something interesting? Know a release or an update announced? Saw an event happening? Whether it's a game, an article, a podcast… Add any IF-related content to our mini-database!

EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS!

Contact us through Tumblr asks, Forum DMs, or even by email! And thank you for your help!!

~ EVENT SPOTLIGHT : Videotome Jam - "Waiting" ~

November 16th to December 1st 2024

Videotome Jam is a two-week-long game jam for games made in any of the Videotome engines with the optional theme of "Waiting".

What is Videotome?

Videotome is a series of small homebrew IF/VN engines made by Freya Campbell (communistsister), an indie game developer focusing on narrative games that are usually:

science fiction, horror, &/or romance

close to 100% LGBTQ characters

free/PWYW with low tech requirements

liable to make players keysmash due to feelings

Videotome was first released in April 2022 as a part of a game entry for the Domino Club collective. The initial idea for the engine was to make writing text-heavy games as hassle-free as possible, focusing not that much on the visual presentation format, but more on the writer's experience. It would allow writers to write in a notepad and then it would somehow grab the .txt file and parse the lines into an array, spitting them out one line at a time as a kinetic novel.

At the moment there are four engines available:

Videotome, for linear, no frills text / images / music;

Videotome ADV, adding a more conventional layout with ignorable choices and branching;

Super Videotome, for more fully featured and freeform image/canvas use;

Videotome Heartbreak, adding a stat raising dating sim & storylets structure to the above.

If you're more interested in the process of making these engines, check out the devs blog post - Words, Friction, Syntax: Stuff I thought about when making Videotome. (The post also includes a very interesting case study concerning other game engines Freya has experience with.)

If you want to check out some examples of projects made with Videotome, take a look at this collection. It includes games made by both Freya and other devs.

~ ENDED ~

The Educational Jam has ended. Check out the thirteen entries and learn something new!

The voting for ECTOCOMP 2024 is officially over! Check out the results!

You can now check out all 16 entries to the Videotome Jam!

Disabled Rep VN Jam has a very simple premise but a very important message. Check out the submissions!

~ ONGOING (VOTING) ~

A Very Hallmark Game Jam has entered the voting phase. You can now vote for your favourite out of the five entries.

~ ONGOING (SUBMITTING) ~

Media depicting healthy examples of polyamory isn’t that common. The PolyJamorous 2024 is trying to break the status-quo!

This year’s Yuri Game Jam is in full progress. The devs have until December 2nd to submit their projects.

Once upon a time, a game jam was held to create stories around the theme of fairy tales… and that game jam is the Once Upon A Time VN Jam. It’s running from October 1st to January 31st.

Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2025 is for all French-speaking enthusiasts. Submissions are accepted March 3rd 2025.

Are you perhaps a fan of more somber, melancholic themes? Then check out the Dying Year - Visual Novel Jam! You have until the end of the year to participate.

The Black Visual Novel Jam is all about working with creative professional developers who work in visual novels to bring more Black stories to life. The goal is to create a space where Black creators can show their unique storytelling through visual novels.

IF Short Games Showcase 2024 is a great way to shine some new light on your projects made in the past year (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024), regardless of whether or not they are previously released! You have until January 15th 2025 to join.

Winter Visual Novel Jam 2024 is here! You have until January 1st 2025 to submit your projects.

Are you familiar with Decker? Then why not take a part in the Deck-Month 2?

Another bitsy jam is here. This time with the theme "better late than never".

~ OTHER ~

PIZZAPRANKS is accepting submissions for their Indiepocalypse Issue #61. If you’re a dev and would like to try out your luck, definitely check it out! Any game is welcomed, not only IF.

~ NEW RELEASE ~

You stand at the edge of a vast and foreboding cave system, its mouth yawning like the jaws of some ancient beast. This is no ordinary cave—it is the entrance to the Caverns of the Forgotten, a labyrinth of twisting tunnels, hidden chambers, and unfathomable mysteries that have claimed countless explorers before you.

Generations ago, invaders brought magic to the Kingdom of Jubai, setting battlemages at the top of the noble power structure and leaving everyone else oppressed. Now, a secret organization of mage hunters has risen up, phoenixlike, to stand against the mages' power and overthrow their rule. Can your secret order of mage hunters save the kingdom, or will internal strife tear you apart in Magehunter: Phoenix Flame (CScript)?

Today is your first day of work here at Toy Maker’s TOY BOX (Ren’Py). Pull apart stitches or rip off an arm or two; we support whatever you must do to ensure that you only save toys of the highest quality. Should you ever feel unsure, there’s no need to panic! Simply toss the trash where it belongs: the incinerator. After all, it’s of the utmost importance that inspectors upkeep the Maker’s image.

You're struggling for friends in a new town and decide to check out a cute diner! — 'That New Diner', huh? Odd name for a restaurant, but I see advertisements for it everywhere. Might as well check it out. Who knows, maybe I'll meet somebody?

What does the glass sound like? Quite tinkly. It crumbled into sand under the feet of all those worried people circling around. As for you, there was darkness in your eyes for a long time. And the glass has melted into silence long since. But what is this place? And who is this stranger standing in front of you? And most importantly, where — or who — did the bullet hit? — Monarch (Ren’Py) is a short visual novel game that was made during Ukrainian Micro Visual Novel Jam in 10 days.

Halloween is a big deal in Port Gillain, steeped as the town is in old folklore and ghost stories. You, the local psychic, regularly attend the festivities. This year, you can bring a friend. The Second Sight: All Hallow's Eve (Twine) is a companion story to The Second Sight: Dead Reckoning.

Your Aunt’s House (Adventuron) is a short story about mourning. @kessielrg

The story centers around Larry, a cab driver eking out a meagre existence in a dystopian near-future, until he unwittingly finds himself centre-stage in the midst of a technological revolution. — For the first time this multi-media project can be experienced in the form of an interactive novel. Larry Folger Volume I contains all the chapters of the ongoing narrative complete with music from the series.

Your feather, my wing is a game about getting close to the object of an experiment that your 'super-secret lab' leads! It's all about fun, fluff and cuddles. Nothing serious and if anyone from the "normal world" came to this organization, they'd be disappointed by the lack of pathos, mystery and seriousness. But do you care?

Nestled at the edge of an ancient forest, Ravenwood Hill looms like a shadowed sentinel against the pale moonlight. This is no ordinary place; whispers of its dark history echo through the trees, carried by the wailing wind. The townsfolk speak of disappearances, of mysterious lights flickering in the mansion atop the hill, and of secrets buried deep beneath its crumbling foundations. In Ravenwood Hill, you are the only one brave—or foolish—enough to uncover the truth.

As always, don't forget to check out the submitted entries to the events mentioned in the previous pages. They deserve some love too!

~ NEW RELEASE (WIP) ~

Iberian Tales (Twine) - Life was once tranquil on the isolated coast of your city, surrounded by a loving family and promising prospects for success in your societal position. However, tranquility shattered as flames engulf your city, escape becomes the only viable option, if luck favors you enough to evade the soldiers blocking your path that is. @iberiantalesif-game

The Thorned Garden (CScript) is a Harem Intrigue game where you can die at any turn. Build up skills and connections to survive and climb the rankings. @opossumfern

Locked in a luxurious but ominous hotel, you are forced to face trials alongside five other people. Who abducted you and for what reason? What does the future hold with different organizations fighting for power over the world? And just how much is at stake when you play a twisted game without rules? Whether you want it or not, welcome to the Threshold (Twine). @thethreshold-if

5 days (Ren’Py) - Every step forward feels like another memory slipping through your fingers and yet, the world moves on — forcing you to find a way to follow, even when it feels impossible to let go.

~ UPDATES ~

As Gods Fall (CScript) released Chapters 4 and 5. @asgodsfall-if

Knight of Greenhaven (CScript) released Chapter 2.

Lost in your eyes (CScript) released part five of Chapter 3 on Patreon. @kathrinesadventures

Saturnine (CScript) added new content to their demo. @satur9-if

The Thousand Of Us (CScript) added new content to their public demo. @ivanwm-05

Weeping Gods (CScript) added new content to their demo. @jcollinswrites

The Summoner (CScript) released a part of Chapter 4.

Ashenmaw - Dragons of Marrowoods (CScript) added a part of Chapter 1 to their demo. @ashenmaw-if

Our Life: Now and Forever (Ren’Py) added Step 2 introduction scenes to their public demo. @gb-patch

Wasteland Pony Express added new content to their demo. @katieaki

The In-Between (CScript) released Chapter 11. @dalekowrites

Crown of Exile (Twine) released Chapter 10 on Patreon. @ramonag-if

~ OTHER ~

350p Adventure has been ported from Infor 6 to PunyInform. You can either download it or play it online in your browser. — (Some interesting trivia: The game is sometimes called Advent, because the system it was created on in the 70s would not allow filenames to be more than six characters long. This game is sometimes considered as the very first text adventure.)

~

As always, we apologize in advance for missing any update or release from the past week. We are only volunteers using their limited free time to find as much as we can - but sometimes things pass through the cracks.

If you think something should have been included in this week's zine but did not appear, please shoot us a message! We'll do our best to add it next week! And if you know oncoming news, add it here!

~ MAYBE YOU NEXT? ~

We did not get a submission this week. But if you have an idea for a short essay, or would like a special space to share your thoughts about IF and the community...

Shoot us an email!

~ HIGHLIGHT ON ~

A couple of games that we thought were cool.

Your favourite game here?

Do you have a favourite game that deserves some highlighting?

An old or recent game that wowed you so much you spam it to everyone?

Tell us about it! And it might appear here!

WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL! WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD, OR EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN...

Have something to say? Send us a message titled: Zine Letter!

As we end this issue, we would like to thank:

our awesome mysterious anon!

all you readers who liked, shared, and commented on the last issue! What might be tiny actions are huge support and motivators to us! Thank you for cheering us on this journey!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

And see you again on Saturday!

AJ, DION, BRIAR, JEN AND PETER

WHAT'S NEW IN IF? 2024-ISSUE 31

[adoringsentiment]

WIP: The Sims 4 Dashboard for Notion

As I've mentioned, I've been working on a Notion template for TS4 and the idea is to put it out in the world soonish. There is still a lot to be done, but I wanted to show some of the progress we've got so far.

You can check some of the features below. 🌟

Are you tired of game patches that completely break your mods? Use this neat database so you don't struggle that much to update them in the future.

Do you actually play in live mode a lot? Keep track of collections, aspirations, careers and more.

Are you creating your own save file or doing rotational gameplay? Keep track of all your sims and households!

And of course, if you're more of a builder, you can track every build in every world as well.

This is just some of the stuff included so far. You can probably tell that not everything is super decorated yet, because my focus has been really cataloguing the information so you can feel free to use this however you want.

Many many thanks AGAIN to @alelelesimz for creating some of the databases! (Ale please let me know if you want me to stop mentioning you all the time lmao)

Questions, suggestions or anything else? Feel free to reply to this post or send me an ask.

See ya! 🫶🏽

[letomills]

Not a hair recolor but a mesh edit. This is Raon 57, the original for PF-EF as well as the two FtM conversions by Yuxi and by Yagi.

What I edited: • bone assignment fix so the hair doesn't become distorted when the sim turns their head, • fixed overlapping layers at the back. Polycount stays the same at 6.5k.

The three meshes are still compatible with existing retextures (get them at the database), just mind which of the two FtM conversions was used by the retexturer, either Yuxi's or Yagi's (you'll be able to tell from the file name).

Download edited F&M meshes: SFS / Mega

More previews under the cut.

↑ Recolors featured are Raon's.

↑ And these are Amaryll's.

Overlapping layers fix:

As you can see, the bone assignment edit also had the side effect of shrinking, or rather "unstretching" the hair (I didn't shorten it).

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🙋‍♀️Chapter 6 : The Sims 1 Families 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

long post, please read carefully

🏘️ It has been a long work, but it's finally here : the possibility to play the TS1t2 Neighborhood with TS1t2 Characters ! 🎉

📑 Each family post will feature the entire family, including pets, with a custom household description (since the TS1 Games didn't have the possibility to have one) that you'll also find in the subhood families. Each post has pictures from many sources (Bodyshop, thumbnails, in-game, etc.) and will offer a download link for their own packaged file to install with The Sims 2 Clean Pack Installer by Mootilda. This will allow you to get some of the custom content needed to display it, like makeup used, and enable you to choose whether you want a single sim instead of the entire neighborhood. 👯

🗨️ On these posts, each character will have their own bio, as well as descriptions and links to the custom content used to create them. I use a lot of default replacements, but again, I will provide links so you can choose the best option for your game. I had to recolor a few elements myself, and I will provide you with these recolors and an additional link to their meshes. 🎮

🔗 I marked and linked the custom content that I used in BLUE, including default replacements. The description will propose you links to custom versions (non-defaults) when possible or to the Default Database item that have been replaced to help you chose whatever you like. However, you should understand that depending on your choices, the character may not appear the same way in your game. 🪞

👁️‍🗨️ I have a lot of CC, but even with default replacement, I made sure to use only the Maxis 4 basic skin tones and the 5 eye colors. It means that the sims will take the skin and eye of any default recolor YOU have (except for Vampire Vicki, who has a custom skin). This is to save you downloading and installing additional content, and allow you to integrate these sims into YOUR game. This also means that they will display differently in your game than what is shown in my pictures 👯

🏘️ ☆ 🏚️ ★ 🛠️ ✮ 🏡 ★🧍☆ 💼 ★ 💐 ☆ 💍 ✮ 💓 ★ 🍼 ☆ 🏊‍♂️ ☆ 🪦 ★

🏡🧑‍🤝‍🧑 With my own SIMS 1 games and the help of The Sims Wiki, all the families from the game have been re-created with their original personalities and biographies where there were one, and I gave new ones for characters who didn't have any. I give you all the family articles links down below to help you, if you don't recognize some of them.

MAXIS TS1 FAMILIES ⛲ Newbie 👭 Roomies 🏈 Pleasant 👨 Bachelor 🪦 Goth 🌈 Mashuga (Livin' Large) 🦇 Goth (Unleashed) 🍃Burb (Unleashed) 🐕Charming (Unleashed) 🐈Kat (Unleashed) 🚐 Hick (Unleashed)

"GET COOL STUFF" FAMILIES "Get Cool Stuff" was a section of EA Website offering free content for The Sims 1 including those families with their homes. 🌭 Jones 🏚️ Hatfield ���� Maximus ⛳ Snooty-Patooty 🏛️ Agent 🎱 Valentino

NPC & GHOSTS RECREATIONS To make your game more interesting, especially with the MagicTown vendors. ⚰️"Unburried" (sims from the TS1 Goth cemetery) 🧚‍♀️ The 3 MagicTown Vendors 🧛‍♀️ 👨‍🔧 NPCs (maid, gardener, butler, police officer, fire fighter, mail carrier, paper delivery, pizza delivery, pet trainer, repair man) 💕 Datables (5 downtownies from the Sims Hot Date EP) 🚕 ⭐ Hobbyists (Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, Obsessed Fan, Gardener Bob) 🚎 Unleashed (Miss Lucille and W.C. Friendly) 🎷

🏃‍➡️ For those who just want the face templates for their own creations and don't want to bother going through all the posts : Here's the link for the entire Sims packages folder, if you want to install all of them, you will need the CAS Master Meshes Posts, if you wan't only some sims, you will need to check their family post for the CC needed.

💾 DOWNLOAD The Sims1 Character SFS - Mediafire

[four-alligators-in-a-trenchcoat]

Update! 6 Months Post Flip-Phone

Yippie ki-yay y'all! Get a flip-phone. My first blogpost about this journey in my life was very technical, pros and cons about the transition to daily life with a flip phone, this blog-post is more vague about how it has affected me mentally. There haven't been many changes to my actual daily carry, but I'm attaching my EDC! I still use the Sunbeam Bluebird, but for those more interested in a review I will make a separate post, if you are deciding on which dumb phone to get I suggest you read it. Lets get into the actual updates!

What are the most prominent changes I have noticed?

Attention span/tolerance has gone up

The norm of physical attractiveness is much different now

Tasks and chores are manageable and commonplace

I have higher standards about the content I consume

Social life hasn't changed much, but if anything it got better

Depression? Disassociation? Not gone, but significantly decreased by at least 70%

Lets start with the first one, attention span. Good God. I used to feel antsy in every situation, even if I wanted to be somewhere I was always absentmindedly thinking about when it would end and I could retreat back into the comfort of my smartphone. That sort reaction is so mentally draining and one of the small things I hadn't noticed until retreating wasn't an option anymore. With a flip-phone? Im eager to be everywhere for as long as possible! Events and little socials have regained their magic and joy! I am more tolerant towards things that would have felt like a waste of energy compared to being at home and find myself actively seeking to be in social spaces. They still exist!

The norm of physical attractiveness is totally different now. This is a huge one, social media does such a good job only showing attractive people. Its the largest requirement to get your content featured, you have to be attractive in some way. Instead of being tucked away into my phone while i'm waiting between classes, eating out, just being in public, I do a LOT of people watching. Its very fun. A result of this new found hobby is that I am looking at so many more faces that haven't been sorted into attractive vs not attractive by social media. Isn't that crazy? That not only do we get our brains absolutely rotted, but that it changes the way we rate other people? Regular average people online vs in real life is so different. My 'standards' for attractiveness are now based on the standard of the public, not the hand picked ecosystem of social media.

Tasks that used to be burdensome and inconvenient and chores that I used to have to plan for and make myself do have lost their difficulty and need for preparation. Dishes? Well i've got five minutes before I have to leave so ill just wash a few. Tidying up? Mm my breakfast is in the toaster, might as well wipe down the counters and sweep. Laundry? ... ok well don't get me started on laundry, I still cant make myself put that shit away...

The standards of the content I consume have gone up, if i'm going to sit down and watch something, I actually want to consume it rather than use it to pass the time. I obviously still have some social media on my laptop, but I really only post on Tumblr, use Pinterest for art references, and Reddit on the occasional. Instagram and Youtube are pretty much obsolete unless I need it for something specific. I play a lot of sudoku while waiting around, and if I remember to carry my book with me I read. One of my goals this year was to read 12 books, last year was 10. Truth be told the majority of my reading happens in the summer cause oh boy senior year of college is no joke. I cant wait to be able to put away my laptop for the summer. As mentioned on my first post, I still have an iphone without a sim card, it serves as alarm clock (I need 30), a menstrual tracker, banking apps, REM calculator, photo editor for when I need to print things for my journal, and my works database app for my schedule, and AO3. Oh my blessed AO3, my love for fan fiction was never expected to be dulled by the flip-phone. I still love to read a bedtime story every once in a while and support my fav authors!! One day I am going to be a rich woman who sponsors authors with money from my big girl job hehehe.

My social life was already a bit lackluster, I tend to get really sucked into school and keeping my head on my shoulders, but i've got two really good friends. Talking to people in my classes is easier because I don't have anything else to do and the flip-phone tends to be a good conversation starter. Ive def been much more participative in my colleges' social scene and clubs!

Oooo now onto the emotional stuff, depression and disassociation. For most of my teenage life 13-18 I have struggled with disassociation and anxiety, not much of it, I am blessed to be quite mentally well, but it was still present. The occasional bout of teenage depression slowly increased in frequency and strength as I got older and was allowed to have a phone (I didn't get one until 14). Disassociation became an ever present struggled that ebbed in and out of my mind constantly, creating a pattern of anxiety towards 'am I going to have a good month or a disassociated month' or 'what if it gets bad right before the semester starts and I don't get good grades' and 'i've been too good for too long, its inevitably going to get really bad soon'. The months preceding my switch to a flip-phone were particularly revealing, social media made be nauseated, being even near my phone made me anxious, I knew I had a problem with it (9 hours average of screen time), and my body started to react. Every time I would scroll on instagram reels for an hour or two, I would come out of it mindless and disassociated. A flip-phone has made my days GOOD CONSISTENTLY!!!!! I almost always have a good or neutral day!! In an effort to be more grateful and mindful I track my days in my journal, and the change in 'average day color' between when I had a smartphone vs flip-phone is obvious. Little squares filled in with red or orange highlighter suddenly stop, and little squares filled in with blues and yellows start. Obviously a flip-phone wont fix your life completely, but it has drastically improved mine. If you are considering getting a flip-phone, listen to me now when I say that its not a big decision with small rewards. Its one object of your life (a smartphone) traded in for something better for you (a flip-phone). That is all a phone is, it is an OBJECT, and an ACCESSORY, to your daily life. Its like deciding which water bottle or backpack to use for daily life, which shoes are your favorite, what book your going to read next. If you feel like you are succumbing to your smartphone and its controlling your life in any way, I encourage you to make the swap.

All done! Thanks for reading! Ill probably be back in a few months with another update, but if there are any questions I will answer them :)

[net-ntlm]

60FPS Patch for The Sims 2 PSP

Hey all! I made a really simple patch to get the US version (ULUS-10031) of Sims 2 PSP running at 60fps all the time. You need to add the following code to your PSP/Cheats/cheat.db file (memstick/PSP/Cheats if you're using PPSSPP):

_C0 60 FPS _L 0x00139034 0x00000000 _C0 60 FPS (Disable) _L 0x00139034 0xA284FB00

Your cheat.db file probably already has an entry for Sims 2, so it should look like this after you're done:

If you don't have a cheat.db file (and you don't want to find one online), you can alternatively put the following file directly into your PSP/Cheat directory:

After you're done, you should get the 60fps option on your cheat menu! If you're on PPSSPP it will look like this:

I didn't make the cheat for "Infinite Money" and I don't know who did so I can't credit them, but I still included it on the standalone file for convenience. You can also get it here, I believe it's the most comprehensive one available:

The "disable" option doesn't work for now and I'm not sure why but I'll release an updated version if I manage to figure it out! Also I don't currently have a EU copy (ULES-00211) of the game, but I will make a version if I have the time.

This shouldn't effect any other gameplay features but you should still use it on your own discretion since it might still break stuff in ways I don't really know!

Have fun :)

[osab]

Hi Osab! I hope you are having a good day, so I am going to download the sims 2 starter pack but I have a question. It’s at v16 and what I heard the graphics from the legacy collection was put into the sims 2 starter pack? What makes this different than the other versions? Also on the sims 2 card thing, whenever I click on Reshade, it doesn’t do anything? Like it goes back to the sims 2 card.

The new graphics rules is optimized for modern GPUs without needing to have the database of specific cards. It gets rid of the hacky workarounds that turn a bunch of rendering features on and off depending on the graphics card. Basically the game will work the same regardless and not lock out any higher settings (other than a tweak I added to lower High shadows which cause crashing on Intel cards)

[sims4t2bb]

project update

Last year, we announced our intention to create filterable, categorised pages on the database. These pages would allow you to browse by category, i.e. see only all the windows, whether converted or not, or all the plants (see the announcement post here). About a year on, we wanted to update you on where we stand! 🍏

Our focus has always been on ensuring the database is up-to-date. We've prioritised adding pages for expansion packs, game packs, stuff packs and kits as soon after their release as possible. And, of course, we're always adding new 4t2 conversions to the database!

That said, there are two main reasons why we're not quite there yet. The first reason being that — without wading too much into technical waffle — this project can only be realised if the coding on the back-end of the site is identical across all of its subpages. We're up to 72 subpages, so as you can probably imagine, this is a genuinely massive project.

The second reason is the way our filterable pages have changed. You may recall we introduced the filterable pages in early 2022 (see the announcement post here). Since then, we've implemented a lot of changes to the UI. We changed the way you can use the filters and switched the menu so that build and buy mode were reversed. This led to additional work on the back end.

So what's the plan?

We will be tackling the standardising of the coding featured on all the pages with renewed effort in these last four months of 2024.

We aim to complete all of the kit pages, the stuff pack pages and the game pack pages in 2024.

All of the expansion pack pages and the four base game pages will be tackled in the first quarter of 2025.

This means that the first of the filterable, categorised pages will be rolled out around April 2025 — possibly earlier, if we can manage it!

Thank you for your patience and for allowing us to do this with all of our love and attention! 💐

— @lafeeverte-sims and @twentyfourfirst-sims

[anachronisims]

Louise's Bedroom Poster Pack!

Art by Otter Space Design Co. on Etsy, inspired by the animating staff of Bob's Burgers

Sims 2ified by sufficeittosay

More info and SFS DL link under the cut!

What the pack includes:

There are five different posters, but due to the aspect ratios, two of the meshes only have four (a different four) each.

Maxis FT Mesh - Great Movie Poster ($60) - FREETIME REQUIRED, SORRY MAC WITCHES

Hooded Cat in Snow

Girl Riding Bear

Mouse Riding Turtle

Onion with Tea

*In the previews, this is the mesh with the multi-colored push pins.

Amaryll's 3t2 Obey the Cat Poster in Simlish (included) ($40)

Cat over Orange

Hooded Cat in Snow

Girl Riding Bear

Onion with Tea

*In the previews, this is the mesh with the silver push pins.

AikeaGuinea Half Tile Wall-Writing Mesh (included) ($0)

Cat over Orange (smaller!)

Girl Riding Bear (bigger!)

Hooded Cat in Snow (smaller!)

Mouse Riding Turtle (smaller!)

Onion with Tea (smaller!)

*In the previews, these are the ones with no push pins. I am too lazy/not confident in my ability to graft scotch tape (Louise's chosen hanging method) over these. Sorry!

BONUS!

Thread&Sandpaper It Will Last Longer (Horizontal) [MESH NOT INCLUDED] featuring a reference photo of Louise's bedroom (post lofting, which hid a lot of the posters which is why I didn't stage it that way in the previews). In the canon of the show, TECHNICALLY Mouse Riding Turtle does not show up until the bed is lofted so it's apocryphal in the preview :)

FULL DISCLOSURE: Otter Space Design's original PNGs were beautiful, hi-res, amazing drawings. I sized them down to MAX 343x512 for the biggest one, Girl Riding Bear on Aikea's mesh. The tiniest (Cat Over Orange on Aikea's mesh, because it is canonically the smallest) is 150x225. If you zoom in too close, they will be pixely. If for some reason you think this is important enough to go up to 1024 on, I can make that for you.

All files clearly labeled so you can keep only what you want. Enjoy!

Other Credits - Blue Gamba's TS2 Painting Sizes Database, and Latmos on the SimCrafters Discord for directing me to it.

Download at SFS

[equinity-sims]

Equinity Sims

The Future of Sims 3 & 4 Equine RP Has Arrived! 🌟

Whether you’re deep into Sims 3 or loving Sims 4, this is your place to bring digital stables, rich characters, and stunning horses to life. Welcome to Equinity Sims, where the equine sims world is evolving — and we’re inviting you to ride with us. Are you interested yet? Then there is more to see below this line!

What sets us apart from other eq communities:

A Fully Automated RP Website (wip) No more spreadsheets, clunky forms or custom websites! Our custom site tracks your horses, stables, show records, bloodlines, and roleplay progress automatically. Log in, create, and manage everything with ease. The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 are both available. This is just some of the features the website will have. All this and more to be revealed on our Discord server.

Immersive Roleplay Systems Dive into detailed character stories, stable management, and realistic or fantasy-based equine worlds. You set the tone — we provide the tools.

Automated Shows & Registrations Enter shows and register horses in just a few clicks, with results and points calculated automatically.

Equine CC Database The biggest Sims 3 and 4 Custom Content database online. We will always preserve your cc, so it never gets lost and forgotten. Now with creator credit page with links, names etc. Credit is key.

Exclusive Custom Content We have multiple content creators, who are exclusively releasing their creations only in our server. Conversions and new cc as well.

So much more will be available, this is just a bit of the features

OUR DISCORD IS OUT NOW What will be on discord, you ask?

Connect with all members Share your screenshots, edit photos, build stables, write lore, and bring your sim world to life.

An Inviting Community Whether you’re a pro at "pose player" or just learning to build a barn, everyone has a place to call home here.All creators are welcome, beginners to advanced.

This isn’t just another equine sims community — it’s a living, growing world of equine simulation, powered by passionate members.

So if you’re convinced already, head over to our server and become a part of our cozy community today by clicking the image below!

We are trying to rebuild the group after some issues, so we would appreciate it if you would invite your fellow equine simmers.

[laughterlust]

Finally finished this!

This is, as you can tell, a recreation of the scene in Hazbin Hotel with Husk confronting Alastor, featuring my two mad scientists, Riley Magnuson and Victor Hawkins.

When it comes to these two, they do actually get along pretty well. They share similar ideals about the importance of integrating advanced technology with the human experience. They both understand the struggles of being borderline bloodthirsty and not wanting to give in to darker urges. It's just that Victor is an egotistical jackass and Riley is an emotionally constipated mess, so their relationship can be... Strained at times. For anyone familiar with the days of TVTropes, Foe Yay is the closest trope that describes their dynamic. They're about as much of a bickering-married-couple as two aros can possibly be 👌

The context for this re-imagining is that Victor tends to drop off the grid for days, sometimes weeks at a time; it typically means he's scheming an intense hacking/takeover of a government database. Other times, though, it's because he's spent so much time with Vex in the Surreal realm that he needs the time to recover. (Recover from what, exactly? I'll leave that to your imagination :3c )

And Riley, suspicious of where Victor's loyalties truly lie, doesn't yet realize that his short fuse is not something that should be tested.

The backgrounds are screenshots taken from Victor's lab in Sims 4. Because, fun fact, Sims 4 is the reason I started 'shipping' them in the first place. They went from coworkers at the lab, to rivals, to boyfriends, all because Victor stalked Riley and kept arguing with him for shits and giggles. Seems about right :D Second half: https://laughterlust.tumblr.com/post/763510718291132416/

❌🔞MINORS AND NO AGE IN PROFILE DNI. This is a NSFW blog, you will be blocked on sight.🔞❌

[if-whats-new]

What's New In IF? Issue 30 (2024)

By Aj, Dion, Briar, Jen and Peter

Now Available!

Itch.io - Keep Reading below

If you read the zine, consider liking the post: it helps us see how many people see it! And sharing is caring! <3

~ EDITORIAL ~

Event Highlight!

In this Issue we take a quick look at the Videotome Jam hosted by Freya, the dev behind all the Videotome game engines!

Continue reading to find out more!

We want some feedback!

As we’re starting to get a hand of things, we would love some feedback from you guys! What you enjoy, want more or less off, how we could improve... Anything goes! We even have a nifty form.

We hope you enjoy this new issue!

AJ, DION, BRIAR, JEN AND PETER

~ BE A PART OF THE ZINE ~

THIS ZINE ONLY HAPPENS WITH YOU!

Want to write 1-2 pages about a neat topic, or deep-dive into a game and review it in details? Share personal experiences or get all academic?

WRITE FOR THE COLUMN!

Prefer to be more low-key but still have something to share? Send us a Zine Letter or share a game title for Highlight on…!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Came across something interesting? Know a release or an update announced? Saw an event happening? Whether it's a game, an article, a podcast… Add any IF-related content to our mini-database!

EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS!

Contact us through Tumblr asks, Forum DMs, or even by email! And thank you for your help!!

~ EVENT SPOTLIGHT : Videotome Jam - "Waiting" ~

November 16th to December 1st 2024

Videotome Jam is a two-week-long game jam for games made in any of the Videotome engines with the optional theme of "Waiting".

What is Videotome?

Videotome is a series of small homebrew IF/VN engines made by Freya Campbell (communistsister), an indie game developer focusing on narrative games that are usually:

science fiction, horror, &/or romance

close to 100% LGBTQ characters

free/PWYW with low tech requirements

liable to make players keysmash due to feelings

Videotome was first released in April 2022 as a part of a game entry for the Domino Club collective. The initial idea for the engine was to make writing text-heavy games as hassle-free as possible, focusing not that much on the visual presentation format, but more on the writer's experience. It would allow writers to write in a notepad and then it would somehow grab the .txt file and parse the lines into an array, spitting them out one line at a time as a kinetic novel.

At the moment there are four engines available:

Videotome, for linear, no frills text / images / music;

Videotome ADV, adding a more conventional layout with ignorable choices and branching;

Super Videotome, for more fully featured and freeform image/canvas use;

Videotome Heartbreak, adding a stat raising dating sim & storylets structure to the above.

If you're more interested in the process of making these engines, check out the devs blog post - Words, Friction, Syntax: Stuff I thought about when making Videotome. (The post also includes a very interesting case study concerning other game engines Freya has experience with.)

If you want to check out some examples of projects made with Videotome, take a look at this collection. It includes games made by both Freya and other devs.

~ ONGOING (VOTING) ~

The voting for ECTOCOMP 2024 has officially started! To vote and participate as a jury, you must do so by giving between 1 to 5 stars on each entry page of the jam. The voting period ends on November 30.

~ ONGOING (SUBMITTING) ~

A Hallmark movie is a feel-good, family-friendly film, often centered around romance, personal growth, or holiday themes. A Very Hallmark Game Jam with a theme of “Charming Love Interest with a Secret” is also all about that!

Are you a fan of Videotome games? Then the Videotome Jam with an optional theme “Waiting” is for you!

This year’s Yuri Game Jam is in full progress. The devs have until December 2nd to submit their projects.

The Educational Jam is a perfect place to learn something new. Discuss some obscure tidbit. Showcase your insight about a specific thing, your pub trivia skills, or that Wikipedia rabbit hole you went down last time.

Disabled Rep VN Jam has a very simple premise but a very important message.

Once upon a time, a game jam was held to create stories around the theme of fairy tales… and that game jam is the Once Upon A Time VN Jam. It’s running from October 1st to January 31st.

Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2025 is for all French-speaking enthusiasts. Submissions are accepted March 3rd 2025.

Are you perhaps a fan of more somber, melancholic themes? Then check out the Dying Year - Visual Novel Jam! You have until the end of the year to participate.

The Black Visual Novel Jam is all about working with creative professional developers who work in visual novels to bring more Black stories to life. The goal is to create a space where Black creators can show their unique storytelling through visual novels.

~ OTHER ~

PIZZAPRANKS is accepting submissions for their Indiepocalypse Issue #61. If you’re a dev and would like to try out your luck, definitely check it out! Any game is welcomed, not only IF.

~ NEW RELEASE ~

In Arctic Adventure unearth forgotten journals, repair malfunctioning equipment, and solve puzzles to piece together the station’s dark past. But beware—some secrets are better left buried in the ice.

You are a dragon - huge, winged, flying and even capable of magic. Only here, in a system of caves created by your magic, you can be yourself. But the time has come for you to leave your home. The old map, that you've been keeping since times immemorial, is now ready to unravel it's secrets in A Dragon and the Tower.

You’ve spent your whole life visiting the majestic Hotel Lexington, and now you’ve inherited it! The once-grand building is in disrepair, and rumored to be haunted! You’re the only one who can restore its former glory before it’s lost forever. Check in to your hotel, and check out the ghosts in Haunted Hearts Hotel.

As always, don't forget to check out the submitted entries to the events mentioned in the previous pages. They deserve some love too!

~ NEW RELEASE (WIP) ~

You are a key member of "The Constellation Club," a close-knit group of friends brought together by your shared love for music and dreams. Over time, the club members drifted apart, but a mystery brings you all back together. Reunite with your friends, uncover secrets, and chase the dreams that first united you in The Constellation Club (Twine).

Have you enjoyed the first Volume of Oblivious Melodies? Then be sure to check out Chapter 1 of Volume 2 (Twine)! You play as the Horne siblings, navigating their emergence into gentry society. You will delve into a country divided by class, religious dissent, political factionalism, and the ever-encroaching interests of empire. @oblivious-melodies

In Ashenmaw - Dragons of Marrowoods (CScript) you play as a freshly hatched dragon whelp, navigating the odds and ends of the politics and mysteries of the five flights. Intermingle with the younger races, and jump headfirst into uncovering the secrets of Ashenmaw and the Marrowoods. @ashenmaw-if

Aydan joins his husband Leo in this important family reunion that takes place 2 months after his father’s death. Suddenly, they are all trapped in the house for 3 days and the lawyer states that one of the siblings is the murderer of their own father! Find out who the real culprit is in Guilty at 5PM (Ren’Py).

In a realm of forgotten tales, you emerge as a ghost to yourself. Stranded in a land where memories fear to tread, the icy breath of solitude kisses your bare flesh, a chilling reminder of your forsaken existence. In this realm where salvation dances with oblivion, Snowborn (CScript), awaken to tread the treacherous path through a world steeped in sorcery and demise.

You are a young nobleman, in a stagnating empire, either on the verge of resurgence, or it’s final demise. An Empire held together by fragile institutions, led by ego-driven men. And here you are, in the middle of it all. As this den of vipers strike, where will you fall? Find out in Scion of the Alason (CScript).

You wake up suddenly with a system telling you that you are occupying the body of a green tea b!tch! The spy of the fearsome overlord, Hasthael who betrayed him for the male hero, resulting in the death of his beloved lightning hound. Avoid the fate of dying and accomplish the missions given by two of the available systems in Project Dominion (CScript).

You are the Aeon, an omniscient entity as old as time. When your powers begin to malfunction and the source of an incoming threat is unbeknownst to you, how will you protect the fabric of the universe? Abandon your omnipresent form for the first time in millennia and craft an identity as a demon to infiltrate the Ethereal Plane in The Time Keeper (CScript).

~ UPDATES ~

Aesemyr: The Withering (CScript) released 3/4 of the "university gathering" path of Chapter 3.

After Dark (CScript) released the last part of the fifth day of the journey.

Eldritch Tales: Inheritance (CScript) released part one of Chapter 3. @darielivalyen

Honor Amongst Thieves (CScript) updated their public demo. @leoneliterary

Oh Mother, Where Art Thou? (CScript) started Act 2 of Chapter 1.

Our Life: Now and Forever (Ren’Py) added extra content to their Patreon demo. @gb-patch

The Abyssal Song (Twine) released Chapter 5. @ri-writes-if

Virtue’s End (CScript) has updated their Patreon demo. @virtues-end

When Life Gives You Lemons (CScript) updated their public demo. @when-life-gives-you-lemons-if

~ OTHER ~

Is playtesting something that interests you? Check out part one of Drew Cook’s let’s TEST IF #1: being a playtester. @golmac

GlasswingGames is currently running a giveaway! You can enter to win either a chibi or emote of a character of your choice! @glasswinggames

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As always, we apologize in advance for missing any update or release from the past week. We are only volunteers using their limited free time to find as much as we can - but sometimes things pass through the cracks.

If you think something should have been included in this week's zine but did not appear, please shoot us a message! We'll do our best to add it next week! And if you know oncoming news, add it here!

~ MAYBE YOU NEXT? ~

We did not get a submission this week. But if you have an idea for a short essay, or would like a special space to share your thoughts about IF and the community...

Shoot us an email!

~ HIGHLIGHT ON ~

A couple of games that we thought were cool.

God-Cursed by @wings-of-ink (Twine)

I think this game is fantastic. Plot, ROs, writing, everything. Deserves thousands of reads and compliments!

//recommended by Briar [Team]//

Your favourite game here?

Do you have a favourite game that deserves some highlighting?

An old or recent game that wowed you so much you spam it to everyone?

Tell us about it! And it might appear here!

Hello! I appreciate what you all do. As a living thing with a 9-5 job, I couldn't regularly check updates from existing WIPs, especially the ones I really like. I also tend to be the last person to know new IFs with lots of potential. So, I'm glad that with your zine, I get weekly updates from everyone in one place. Thank you, thank you so much!

- a very mysterious anon

WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL! WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD, OR EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN...

Have something to say? Send us a message titled: Zine Letter!

As we end this issue, we would like to thank:

our awesome mysterious anon!

For a very encouraging message!

As always, huge thanks to all you readers who liked, shared, and commented on the last issue!

What might be tiny actions are huge support and motivators to us!

Thank you for cheering us on this journey!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

We actually have a separate Zine for all our individual Interviews!

Last Issue’s Interview with Leia Talon will be added this upcoming week.

And see you again next week!

AJ, DION, BRIAR, JEN AND PETER

WHAT'S NEW IN IF? 2024-ISSUE 30

[equestrian-essentials]

Yehaw! Lets venture into some western deco, shall we? 🤠 This is not all, more to come. Do you want to get everything right when it gets released? Then join Equinity Sims Discord to get updated on the new features of our equine sims community and our equine cc database❤️ find all you are looking for and get new friends in the meantime → Equinity Sims ← The future of Sims 3 and 4 Equestrians 🐴

Equestrian Essentials is exclusive to Equinity Sims Everyone is welcome to join, we can't wait to see you!

[letomills]

Download: SFS / Mega

First part of a request by @meowslim101, these are @deedee-sims's 4t2 ice-creamforbreakfast Halima dresses converted for Melodie9 fat TF, AF & EF. They come in the 20 colors shared by @deedee-sims + the 12 shared by @platinumaspiration here. I converted this dress for Maxis-size TF & EF here and here.

Polycount: 3,706. They have fat morphs, teens and adults also have preg morphs. The recolors are categorized as formal, they're BSOK'd and teens & elders can be either standalone or repo'd to the adult files.

Full previews and details under the cut.

The swatch

DeeDee textures (originally by ice-creamforbreakfast / Hellfrozeover) taken from here, Platasp textures (originally by EA) from here.

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The meshes

Melodie9 fat AF (afFat) ↓

Melodie9 fat TF (tfFat) ↓

Melodie9 fat EF (efFat) ↓

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If you like the hijabs featured on the previews, you can find links to all of them in the 'Hijab' section of my Afro Hairstyles database.